HumanRightsandInforma2onAccessin

aDigitalWorldALibraryandInforma2onSciencePerspec2ve

SheilaCorrall

SchoolofComputingandInformationDepartmentofInformationCultureandDataStewardship

InternetAccessasaHumanRight

•  Internetaccessisnotsufficient.ItneedstobecoupledwithInforma(onLiteracy–alsorecognizedasabasichumanright–foraccesstobeuseful,meaningful,andproduc2ve.

•  Informa2onliteracyeduca2onmustencompassDataLiteracyasthekeycompetencefortheconnecteddatasociety.

•  Dataliteracyeduca2onshouldtakeacollabora(velifewideapproachtoenableandempowerpeopletointeractwithdataintheiracademic,professional,civic,social,andpersonallives.

Informa2onLiteracy

•  ...encompassesknowledgeofone’sinforma2onconcernsandneeds,andtheabilitytoiden2fy,locate,evaluate,organizeandeffec2velycreate,useandcommunicateinforma2ontoaddressissuesorproblemsathand

•  …isaprerequisiteforpar2cipa2ngeffec2velyintheInforma2onSociety,andispartofthebasichumanrightoflifelonglearning.

TowardsanInforma-onLiterateSocietyPragueDeclara2on.Paris:UNESCO,2003

Seealso

AlexandriaProclama2ononInforma2onLiteracyandLifelongLearning,2005PaulSturges&AlmuthGas2nger,2010,Informa2onLiteracyasaHumanRight.Libri,60(3),195-210.

UGResearchSkills–SecondaryData(Herzog,2016)

PGResearchMethods–PrimaryData

(Smalheiser,2017)

Data-DrivenDecisionMaking(Mandinach&Gummer,2016)

UsingBigandOpenDataforCommonGood(NESTA,2015)

Reinven2ngCommunity

EngagementandEmpowerment

(Data-PopAlliance,2015)

UsingDatatoSolveCommunityChallenges(SunlightFounda2on,

2017)

21CDataLiteracyContextsandConcep2ons

DataLiteracyintheWorkplace

(Gemignanietal.,2014)

Discipline-specificsilo-basededuca2on

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FosteringDataLiteracyandInforma2onasaSecondLanguage:AGartnerTrendInsightReport

From“theabilitytoread,

workwith,analyseandarguewithdata”

to“thedesireandabilitytoconstruc2velyengageinsocietythroughand

aboutdata.”

DataLiteracyasanInterdisciplinaryMul2-literacyConstruct(Bhargavaetal.,2015)

WorkingTowardDataLiteracyandDataInclusion

Challengesindesigningdataliteracyprograms(Bhargavaetal.,2015)•  MakingBigDatasmaller,onscalewheremostormanymorepeoplearewillingand

abletoengagethanisthecasetoday•  Understandingtheimportanceofcontextandu2lizingelementsofhuman-centered

design•  Understandingandleveragingthepowerofwordsandlanguageincommunica2ng

andvisualizingdata

Ac2onsforlibraryandinforma2onprofessionalsasdatamediaries•  Putdataliteracyfrontandcenterindigitalandinforma2onliteracyprograms•  Movebeyondacademicandprofessionalapplica2onstobuildlifewidedatafluency•  Collaboratewithotherstakeholderstopoolresourcesandacceleratedevelopment

DigitalliteracyatVTLibraries•  includesdata,informa2on,media,andinven2onliteracies

•  comprisedofkeyvaluesbuiltoncorecompetencies

•  empowerslearnerstobecomeengagedglobalci2zens

Thegoalistoempowerlearnerstonavigatethecomplexdigitalworldasbothconsumersandcreators,

enablingthemtoachievetheirpersonal,academic,and

professionalgoals.